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Home »2019 (Page 6)

Year: 2019

Busy at The Homestead

Posted onMay 2, 2019AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

At the home stretch of a project, seeing lots of friends, and slacking on my website. 🙂 Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsRock Images, utah, wildflowers

An outdoor library: Colorado Plateau collection

Posted onApril 28, 2019January 2, 2021AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Some suggested books for the outdoors person that make a good read for someone interested in the history, culture, or politics of The Colorado Plateau. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, Getting StartedTagsbooks, Colorado Plateau, library, outdoors, utah-tip

Lower Courthouse Wash

Posted onApril 25, 2019AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

A needed hike one sunny weekend day. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsArches National Park, Colorado Plateau, utah

From the web – Apr 22nd

Posted onApril 22, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Another grab bag of items from the World Wide Web. Read More …

CategoriesFrom The WebTagsfrom the web

Thoughts on National Parks Week

Posted onApril 19, 2019May 2, 2019AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Musing on the future of national parks since it is National Parks Week. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsNational Parks

Quick Tip: Instagram for trail conditions

Posted onApril 18, 2019April 18, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

How to use Instagram for quick and dirty researching of trail conditions. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, Quick Tips, Trip PlanningTagsquick tip

Website of the week: GJ Hikes

Posted onApril 17, 2019January 3, 2021AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Essentially an online hiking guidebook for ~1500 hikes a few hours from Grand Junction. Including almost 200 for Moab alone. Read More …

CategoriesTrip PlanningTagscolorado-tip, utah-tip, Website of the week

All about the lumens and some real world use

Posted onApril 16, 2019April 26, 2025AuthorPaul Mags8 Comments

What the heck is a lumen? And what does this rating mean for real-world application? Read More …

CategoriesGear, Getting StartedTagslights

From the web – Apr 15th

Posted onApril 15, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Some items, articles, and bon mots to inform and/or waste your time! Read More …

CategoriesFrom The WebTagsfrom the web

Grab Bag of Moab Wanderings

Posted onApril 14, 2019June 13, 2019AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Keeping busy. But not with a beige box, 48-hour on-call “Crisis of The Century.” Instead, red rocks…and a book deal! Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor Jaunts, PMags NewsTagsArches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Rock Images, utah

Old school cooking – Lentils and Sausage

Posted onApril 10, 2019April 26, 2019AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

Part recipe, part food history. A dish I haven’t had in a long time with roots pre-Roman Empire. All with a 21st-century twist; made with a rice cooker. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsfood, Italian-American, Roman

20 Year Long Term Review: Discount Store Running Shorts

Posted onApril 9, 2019April 26, 2025AuthorPaul Mags9 Comments

I’ve seen 50+ comment threads on shorts to get for hiking. So here’s my suggestion. Discount shorts. Sub-$20. They work. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbudget gear, clothing, gear review, shorts

From the web – Apr 8th

Posted onApril 8, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

For your reading enjoyment, a smorgasbord of items from the time sink called the internet. Read More …

CategoriesFrom The WebTagsfrom the web

Long Hikes: Romance vs. Reality

Posted onApril 5, 2019September 16, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

“Reality often astonishes theory.” Some thoughts on romance trumping reality and how to make these dreams comes true. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsdreams, reality, thru hiking

Spring Break Week in Moab

Posted onApril 3, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Boulder clan visited Moab for their family spring break. And they camped three miles from Joan and me. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsMoab, spring break, utah

From the web – April 2nd

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 16, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

More items of interest from Da World Wide Web. Read More …

CategoriesFrom The WebTagsfrom the web

New Service – Razr Tours in Moab

Posted onApril 1, 2019April 1, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A new adjunct to my guiding. Read More …

CategoriesPMags NewsTagsApril Fools, humor, off-road, razr

Connecting the dots behind the rocks

Posted onMarch 27, 2019March 27, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A couple of day hikes in the Behind The Rocks WSA Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsBehind The Rocks Wilderness Study Area, Moab, utah

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